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Originally from Dayton, OH, presently residing in Pacific Palisades, CA

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Tim Brando being called out for spreading a lie

If you haven't heard about this yet, Brando was on his radio show Tuesday and was calling Urban Meyer arrogant because Brando claims Meyer demanded that the Buckeyes be allowed to play in the Big Ten Championship.

Wrong Brando! He was asked to provide a link to Meyer saying this, and Brando as of today still hasn't produced anything. Even some of his CBS colleagues are telling him he should apologize to Meyer and Ohio State for spreading what are obvious lies.

I know there are plenty of Buckeye haters out there, but you should read the link below. It's quite comical watching Brando get destroyed by Buckeye Nation.

I always thought reporting something with no factual basis was considered slander. But anyways it's pretty appaling to me that someone in the position Brando is in would simply make something up like this.

Re: Tim Brando being called out for spreading a lie

Is he a reporter or is he a personality? I'm seriously not trying to be nitpicky towards your statement, merely pointing out that these days I think most people in Brando's place don't care about 'reporting' only making waves.

He probably LOVES that fans of OSU are trying to take him to task. You [and I] are here talking about it, which is what he wants. This is not about telling a lie or not telling a lie, its about listeners and advertisers.

Re: Tim Brando being called out for spreading a lie

Originally Posted by dougdirt

Simply being unable to provide a link doesn't make it a lie. Unless he says he read it somewhere online.

True, it's possible he thought he read it or took something out of context, but there doesn't appear to be anything remotely resembling what he's accusing Meyer of. It's hard to see how/where he got the impression that happened.

Still, it shouldn't be hard to reference whatever comment he thought Meyer made. That he hasn't done that sure doesn't bode well for his intentions.

"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda

Re: Tim Brando being called out for spreading a lie

Originally Posted by RiverRat13

He anchors CBS's studio show, so in my mind that makes him a reporter.

If your going to be one of the major networks anchors you have to hold your self to a higher set of standards. It would be similar to Bob Costas, Jim Nantz, Dan Patrick, etc, spewing out this without backing it up with facts.

Re: Tim Brando being called out for spreading a lie

Isn't he the one who railed for weeks that OSU would get destroyed by UM in the NC game?

Said they would lose 48-14 or something along those lines. I don't remember the exact score but it was sizable.

"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda

Re: Tim Brando being called out for spreading a lie

Originally Posted by Sea Ray

Let's not get hung up on the terminology. If he can't back it up, he's being very irresponsible for going public in the first place

Eh, I don't know. I have gone public with a few things before where there was no way I was going to give up the exact person who told me about it. It wasn't irresponsible on my part, because it was from a trusted source. Simply because I couldn't say who told me doesn't mean it never happened/was said.

This scenario apparently is quite different than the one I laid out, as apparently he went from having sources to saying it was his opinion.

Re: Tim Brando being called out for spreading a lie

Originally Posted by dougdirt

Eh, I don't know. I have gone public with a few things before where there was no way I was going to give up the exact person who told me about it. It wasn't irresponsible on my part, because it was from a trusted source. Simply because I couldn't say who told me doesn't mean it never happened/was said.

This scenario apparently is quite different than the one I laid out, as apparently he went from having sources to saying it was his opinion.

Let's get specific. If you go public with a quote from a famous person like the head coach from a school like OSU, you ought to be able to back it up. If you're not comfortable revealing the source then you ought not go public with it. Urban Meyer deserves the chance to defend himself. If we don't at least have that level of standards in journalism then we'll be at a point where we tune it all out because we can't decipher fact from fiction

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